"Although the infantry on horseback seems to be able to make a series of horse movements, they can still only be said to be infantry, and they only strengthen their mobility when they ride on horseback, not their combat effectiveness." Ma Chao said helplessly, "Ninety percent of the world's miscellaneous beards are like this." ”

Sun Ce looked at Ma Chao with a puzzled expression, what does this mean?

"The training and formation of cavalry is very expensive, so the cavalry has very high requirements for the quality of soldiers, and it is not cavalry that can play a few tricks right away." Ma Chao said helplessly, "At present, most of the cavalry can actually only be said to be infantry on horseback, and they have no way to engage in high-intensity battles. ”

Sun Ce was still ignorant, and Ma Chao didn't know how to explain it, so he finally said angrily, "You remember that the difference in combat effectiveness between the real cavalry and the infantry on horseback is very large, and the two sides are not only the quality of the soldiers, but also the difference in will and belief." ”

"You said that earlier, isn't it the difference between the cavalry of the miscellaneous level and the cavalry of the elite level?" Sun Ce looked at Ma Chao speechlessly.

"You're right," Ma Chao choked and said angrily, "So if you want elite-level cavalry, I only have more than two thousand here, if you want miscellaneous soldiers, it's simple, just grab three or five thousand horses, and then I'll find you three or five thousand people in the Qiang people, just get on the horses." ”

Now Sun Ce felt a little blocked in his heart, this kind of thing that is just a random patchwork can have combat effectiveness?

"Don't look at me, there are only so many elite cavalry in the world, and my two thousand elite cavalry are still Qiang people who have gone through a series of battles and finally become enlightened." Ma Chao understood when he saw Sun Ce's expression.

"It turns out that it can be trained, you said it earlier." Sun Ce was instantly much more satisfied when he heard this.

"The vast majority of cavalry are only infantry on horseback all their lives, only a few can become elite cavalry, and the remaining elite cavalry in the world is probably the two thousand in my hand, Zhang Xiu's three thousand, Cao Gong's seven thousand, Lu Bu's four thousand left after his ascension, the Yuan family may have three thousand, 20,000 Xiliang iron cavalry under the command of Taiwei Liu, and other elite cavalry in the early 10,000s." Ma Chao crossed his fingers and began to calculate for Sun Ce.

"Look at it, it's almost 50,000 fine riders." Ma Chao pinched his fingers and said to Sun Ce.

"Uh, why are there so many Xiliang Iron Riders?" Sun Ce couldn't help but ask with some curiosity when he heard Ma Chao's calculation.

"There's no way, Dong Zhuo is strong enough to dominate the world." Ma Chao said with a grateful face, although Dong Zhuo is dead, Ma Chao still admires this Haoqiang from Xiliang, although he has done a lot of hateful things.

"Yes, indeed." Sun Ce thought about it and admitted it, how strong Dong Zhuo's real strength was at the beginning, it was really announced to the public that Dong Zhuo was dead.

Dong Zhuo's defeat was not due to insufficient strength, on the contrary, his remaining strength was still enough to beat most of the princes in the Central Plains after his death, and Dong Zhuo's defeat was in his own heart.

"These cavalry are real elite cavalry, and the general mounted infantry are fighting with these cavalry, just like Gongsun Zhan's white horse righteousness is only three thousand from the core, but during the battle of the boundary bridge, more than 10,000 white horses were pulled out, in essence, those are just riding infantry with the core elite cavalry." Ma Chao gave an example.

"Well, I can understand, just like infantry combat, the elite led the ordinary soldiers to fight before, and after the elite opened the situation, the morale of the ordinary soldiers was victorious, and they could also show amazing combat effectiveness." After all, Sun Ce was a person who knew the soldiers, and he quickly understood.

"That's what it means." Ma Chao nodded and said, "And if there is no leading elite, only the miscellaneous soldiers can fight independently, and the miscellaneous soldiers can indeed become elites after battle, but it is more likely that it is ......"

Sun Ce already understood what Ma Chao meant, there were no elites, only ordinary miscellaneous soldiers, and an accident could be completely defeated.

"So you know." Ma Chao didn't say anything more.

"In this way, if I bring a miscellaneous cavalry, I will inevitably have to bring infantry, but if I bring infantry, how can I chase and kill the Hu people?" Sun Ce looked at Ma Chao speechlessly and said.

"If you don't bring infantry, you will be defeated at once because the soldiers are not elite enough, and if you don't cooperate." Ma Chao rolled his eyes and said.

"The cavalry is really troublesome!" Sun Ce said with a headache, "It's still easy to get the navy, by the way, don't you have two thousand elite horsemen, wouldn't it be better for you to go north with me?" ”

"Although I really want to, if Cao Sikong doesn't agree, I must stay in Chang'an." Ma Chao sighed and said, to be honest, he is also very interested in fighting the Huns, whether as a general of the Han Dynasty or as the king of Qiang, he is interested in fighting the Huns.

"Just ask me if you want to go, if you want to go, I'll tell you the way, although I'm not Cao Mengde, but as a monarch, he definitely needs the same bearing as me." Sun Ce said proudly, and the momentum of the princes on one side was vividly displayed.

"You are the second goods, Cao Sikong is not!" Ma Chao said reflexively, and then as if he was shocked by Sun Ce's momentum, he paused for a while before speaking, "You say." ”

"Just leave a letter and lead the troops north, anyway, we don't need to prepare grain and grass, after leaving the customs, the Hu people can kill, burn and loot, we can too, this kind of thing is simple." Sun Ce said inhumanely, saying that leaving a letter and running this kind of thing, Sun Ce has already done it.

"What kind of bearing are you!" Ma Chao blew it up directly.

"You idiot, you're afraid of a ghost! As long as you go to the north and do a good job, what can Cao Cao do to you? The battle between Han and Hungary, all the people are soldiers, I am proud to go on the expedition, can Cao Cao stop it? Sun Ce rolled his eyes and said, even Sun Ce knows what he should do to fight the Huns.

"Well, that's true, but if we lead our troops away like this, isn't it too shameless!" After all, Ma Chao does not have the confidence of Sun Ce, and he knows the confidence of Cao Cao in Chang'an, but as soon as these words came out, Ma Chao was even more envious of Sun Ce.

"Are you afraid?" Sun Ce asked rhetorically, and then Sun Ce slowly got up and looked at Ma Chao, "Is there anything wrong with us waiting for the Han people to lead their own troops and horses and bring their own dry food to attack the Xiongnu in the north?" ”

Then Sun Ce threw his cloak even more, "If Cao Cao dares to say that this matter is wrong, then you will go south and follow me Sun Ce, my Sun Ce is based in the south of the Yangtze River, and I am still willing to take risks, and go north to cut down Hu thousands of miles away, if Cao Cao dares to say a typo, then I will fight for the foundation and let him swallow this word!" ”

The momentum shown by Sun Ce at this moment directly suppressed the five people present, Ma Xiu, Ma Tie and others all looked at Ma Chao. (To be continued.) )